Press of Atlantic City back issues from June 2007:
Family breathes life into historic Beach Haven inn
Jun 01, 2007; ... BEACH HAVEN - A bed and breakfast project that was years in the making is almost complete. The Williams Cottage Inn on South Atlantic Avenue will open for business at the end of June. "We have a reservation for July 1st," said Jim Blahut, an owner of the Williams Cottage Inn....
Absegami can't keep early lead in Group IV
Jun 01, 2007; ... TOMS RIVER - The Absegami High School softball team could not sustain its success Thursday afternoon. Toms River East rallied to beat the Braves 5-2 in the South Jersey Group IV final. Absegami scored a run in each of the first two innings and led 2-0 after three innings. All of Toms ...
Harrah's to help repair Dolphins' A.C. clubhouse
Jun 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports ATLANTIC CITY - Harrah's Entertainment will help the Atlantic City Dolphins football team repair their clubhouse, which has been burglarized three times in the past few weeks, a company spokesman said. The company, which owns four casinos in Atlantic ...
Expo allows vendors, casinos to do a little business
Jun 01, 2007; ... ATLANTIC CITY - With all the greetings, smiles and chit-chat Thursday at the Business Expo Trade Show, it could have been mistaken for a pleasant social event. But BETS was all business. For dozens of vendors, it was a chance to sell their goods and services to the casino purchasing ...
Children's Seashore House honors treasured volunteers
Jun 01, 2007; ... MAYS LANDING - The Children's Seashore House Auxiliary of Atlantic County honored four centenarians when it held its annual meeting and luncheon at the Mays Landing Golf and Country Club on May 22.The women - Helen Turner, Emily Kaiser, Elizabeth Hoffman, and Gussie Bruyns - have all ...
Special Olympics torch run starts in A.C.
Jun 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports About 200 runners will carry the Special Olympics torch through southern New Jersey today, prior to tonight's start of the statewide games in the Trenton area. The relay will ...
Residents speak out against nuclear plant
Jun 01, 2007; ... TOMS RIVER - Fear of terrorists and distrust of the federal government were two forces driving people to speak against the relicensing of the Oyster Creek nuclear generating station during a special public hearing held Thursday afternoon in Ocean County. By nightfall, at the second ...
EHC scores three in seventh to beat Mays Landing
Jun 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports Matt Dilks singled in the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh inning as Egg Harbor City defeated Mays Landing 6-3 on Thursday night.Ryan Birkenstock hit a sacrifice fly to make it 5-3, and Dilks scored the final run on a balk. Egg Harbor is 4-2 and ...
Truex comes home in contention
Jun 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports Martin Truex Jr. has crept into Chase for the championship contention as the Nextel Cup series comes this weekend to one of his favorite racetracks, Dover International Speedway in Delaware. The Stafford Township native is 16th in points, just 88 points ...
Two named to state commissions
Jun 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports Two southern New Jersey residents have been appointed to statewide commissions, Gov. Jon S. Corzine announced Thursday Bruce M ....
Cause of toll plaza crash still a mystery
Jun 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; From Press staff reportsface=-Bold; SOMERS POINT - Just why a Cape May County man fatally drove his car at high speed into a Garden State Parkway toll booth here last month will apparently remain a mystery. The reason: The accident left 52-year-old Bernard King's body in ...
Two Democrats compete for A.C.'s 2nd Ward seat
Jun 01, 2007; ... ATLANTIC CITY - Like other local election contests, Atlantic City's 2nd Ward race is partly about the ongoing corruption probe that has netted a third of City Council. One candidate, Toni Dixon, is the sister of former Council President Craig Callaway, who is serving a 40-month federal ...
Morning fire damages Ventnor Ave. building
Jun 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports VENTNOR - An early morning fire caused extensive damage to a building in the 5100 block of Ventnor Avenue on Thursday, but there were no injuries, the Fire Department said. The fire started at 12:17 a.m. in the building, which had a business on the ...
Police seek gunman in Vineland shooting
Jun 01, 2007; ... VINELAND - Police are seeking a local man they say shot another man multiple times outside a bar Wednesday night on Mays Landing Road.Chamberlin "Champ" Robinson, 28, remains at large after the shooting of Bridgeton resident Derrick Dower outside the Old Vineland Tavern, police ...
Vineland police arrest boy in beating of cat
Jun 01, 2007; ... VINELAND - Police arrested a 12-year-old boy Tuesday night after he beat a cat to the point of near-death with a fence pipe.Authorities could arrest two more boys in the beating of the 41/2-month-old male tabby cat, which resulted in it being euthanized. The boy faces cruelty to ...
4-H program plants love for gardening in kids
Jun 01, 2007; ... MILLVILLE - For a 12-year-old, Javier Colon-Rivera has a remarkably mature and forward-thinking attitude about why it's good to develop a green thumb. As the Lakeside Middle School student puttered around a newly planted vegetable garden outside his Sharp Street school, Colon-Rivera ...
Hospital waives $651 co-pay for test
Jun 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Dear Consumer Action:face=-Bold; face=+Bold; My doctor directed me to go to a hospital for a nuclear medicine exam of my heart, which I did. The test took a little more than an hour and the results were OK. I am 76 years old and in excellent health.face=-Bold; ...
Convicted murderer tells judge his sentence is illegal
Jun 01, 2007; ... MAYS LANDING - Ronald Long is articulate in his legal arguments in the courtroom. He smiles and is polite to the judge. But Long is no attorney. He is a convicted killer who has served 24 years of a life sentence, of which he must serve 30 years before parole eligibility.On ...
Can Briggs live up to his potential on Saturday?
Jun 01, 2007; ... ATLANTIC CITY - There was a time when being the heavyweight champion meant more than wearing a belt with some letters emblazoned on the buckle. It was the most prestigious title in sports and it took someone special to hold it. Talent wasn't enough. The champ needed to have a punch and ...
9th District legislators to introduce measure to fight illegal immigration
Jun 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports Three 9th District lawmakers announced Thursday that they plan to introduce legislation that would bar companies operating in the state that hire illegal immigrants from receiving public contracts, grants, loans or tax incentives for a 10-year period. ...
A.C. councilwoman calls for property cleanup
Jun 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports ATLANTIC CITY - Third Ward City Councilwoman Joyce Mollineaux says she wants the owners of abandoned properties to clean up their properties or face large fines. She called on the rest of council and the city administration to draft a plan to either ...
Bridgeton officials told city's unlikely to get new prisoners
Jun 01, 2007; ... BRIDGETON - City officials are resting easier after a meeting last week with the head of the state's prison system, who, according to Mayor Jim Begley, downplayed rumors about a plan to relocate prisoners to Cumberland County. Begley and Business Administrator Arch Liston traveled to ...
Bridgeton man dies in fall from roof
Jun 01, 2007; ... BRIDGETON - The father of two city police officers was killed Thursday afternoon when he accidentally fell about 40 feet from the roof of his workplace on Bank Street. Carl Speranza, 62, of Laurel Lane, in Deerfield Township, was pronounced dead at the scene by a medical examiner, Lt ....
Pittsgrove man hurt in Middle Twp. crash
Jun 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports MIDDLE TOWNSHIP - A Pittsgrove man was severely injured after his motorcycle struck a car Thursday afternoon on Route 9 in Cape May Court House, township police said. Police said Karl Munson, 50, was heading south on Route 9 while a car driven by Helene ...
Expo allows vendors, casinos to do some business
Jun 01, 2007; ... ATLANTIC CITY - With all the greetings, smiles and chit-chat Thursday at the Business Expo Trade Show, it could have been mistaken for a pleasant social event. But BETS was all business. For dozens of vendors, it was a chance to sell their goods and services to the casino purchasing ...
Millville woman charged with kicking police officer
Jun 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports MILLVILLE - Shellene Tice, of the 1700 Block of East Broad Street, was arrested and charged with obstruction, aggravated assault of a police officer and resisting arrest late Wednesday night. Patrolman Doug Inferrera was called to investigate a report ...
Softball, baseball roundup: St. Joseph rides Nicole Pagano's no-hitter into S.J. final
Jun 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports Nicole Pagano pitched a no-hitter as the St. Joseph High School softball team beat St. Rose 6-0 in a South Jersey Non-Public B semifinal game at Hammonton on Thursday. The top-seeded Wildcats will face the Gloucester Catholic/Mater Dei winner on Tuesday ...
Vineland boy, 12, charged with beating cat
Jun 01, 2007; ... VINELAND - Police arrested a 12-year-old boy Tuesday night after he beat a cat to the point of near-death with a fence pipe.Authorities may arrest two more boys in the beating of the 41/2-month-old male tabby cat, which had to be euthanized. The boy faces cruelty to animal charges for ...
Law-enforcement Torch Run today
Jun 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE - The 25-mile Cape May County Law Enforcement Torch Run will start at 8 a.m. today at the Cape May Lighthouse and conclude about 12:30 p.m. at the county police academy. The annual event raises money and awareness for the New Jersey ...
Vineland teacher picked as one of Wal-Mart's best
Jun 01, 2007; ... VINELAND - Peggy Culbert looked around the music room in the new Pauline Petway School and said, "I feel like I've died and gone to heaven." For the first time in her 30 years of teaching in Vineland, Culbert has a music room of her own. No more carts to push from ...
Informants link Vick to dogfighting
Jun 01, 2007 ... Informants have come forward saying they can link Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick to dog fighting, the prosecutor in the case said Thursday, and he has turned their accounts and contact information over to investigators.Surry County (Va.) Commonwealth's Attorney Gerald G ....
Happenings
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Eagles' Smith has surgery for hernia
Jun 01, 2007; ... One of the Eagles' top offensive weapons just got off the operating table. The team announced Thursday that tight end L.J. Smith underwent surgery Wednesday in Philadelphia to repair a sports hernia, the same injury that ultimately sidelined punter Dirk Johnson and quarterback Donovan ...
Grieving mother finds site painful reminder
Jun 01, 2007; ... UPPER TOWNSHIP - Township employees will remove a roadside memorial next week at the urging of the family of two girls who died at the intersection. The rectangular memorial on Stagecoach and Old Tuckahoe roads was an impromptu tribute set up by friends and neighbors of Jacqueline and ...
Middle Twp. GOP wants 5-member committee; Dems opposed to change
Jun 01, 2007; ... MIDDLE TOWNSHIP - The township's Regular Republican Organization says it will try again to enlarge Township Committee, which hasn't had a Republican on its board in almost seven years. The organization started a petition for a referendum to enlarge the three-member governing body to ...
Ex-Atlantic City High School star takes long road to DII title game
Jun 01, 2007; ... Former Atlantic City High School baseball player Junior Mejia didn't take a direct route to the University of Tampa (Fla.), but his ability plus some circumstances put him on the Dragons, the defending NCAA Division II national champions. Center fielder Mejia, a junior, and his Tampa ...
Teens cooped up in Beach Haven every wing night
Jun 01, 2007; ... BEACH HAVEN - Wing night at The Chicken or the Egg restaurant is more than just a plate full of 50-cent wings. The Wednesday night special has become a tradition and social gathering for local teens. Kate Werner, a manager at the "Chegg" - a nickname for the restaurant in the heart of ...
Millville celebrates Marine's return from 7 months in Iraq
Jun 01, 2007; ... MILLVILLE - There were balloons waiting for him on the steps of City Hall. Millville welcomed home Marine Lance Cpl. Jeffrey Hamblin from his seven-month stint in Iraq with a celebration Thursday morning in front of an assembled crowd of family, friends and political leaders. ...
Union vote at Bally's critical for UAW, casino management
Jun 01, 2007; ... This Saturday's union election at Bally's Atlantic City, the fifth in the city this year, will have symbolic and practical significance, with the "score" between the casinos and the United Auto Workers standing at 2-2. Dealers at Trump Plaza and Caesars Atlantic City voted for the union; those ...
In Your County
Jun 01, 2007 ... A.C. Housing Authority<HLN></HLN> to host housing expo The Atlantic City Housing Authority will celebrate National Home Ownership Month in June with its second annual Housing Symposium to be held Thursday June 14 at the Atlantic County Auditorium, located at 1333 Atlantic Ave. ...
Pittsgrove Township man hurt in Middle Twp. crash
Jun 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports MIDDLE TOWNSHIP - A Pittsgrove man was severely injured after his motorcycle struck a car Thursday afternoon on Route 9 in Cape May Court House, township police said. Police said Karl Munson, 50, was heading south on Route 9 while a car driven by Helene ...
Vineland Council honors Bob Smith
Jun 01, 2007; ... VINELAND - City Councilman Bob Smith confirmed his resignation Thursday night, avoiding controversy over his move out of the district to Delaware. Smith delivered his letter of resignation to the city clerk Wednesday, and the news was formally announced by Mayor Perry Barse in an ...
Heavenly Scavengers to hold sales, auction to help those in need
Jun 01, 2007; ... STONE HARBOR - Anyone who lives in Cape May County knows houses are being torn down throughout the region to make way for new, usually larger houses. What many people don't know is that as houses are torn down, the furniture and other household items tend to be thrown away.A volunteer ...
Bridgeton man dies when he falls off roof
Jun 01, 2007; ... BRIDGETON - The father of two city police officers was killed Thursday afternoon when he accidentally fell about 40 feet from the roof of his workplace on Bank Street. Carl Speranza, 62, of Laurel Lane, in Deerfield Township, was pronounced dead at the scene by a medical examiner, Lt ....
Mays Landing debates selling Duberson School
Jun 01, 2007; ... HAMILTON TOWNSHIP - For sale: One old school that needs lots of work and probably can't be torn down without a fight. The nearly 100-year-old Duberson School in Mays Landing may not be everyone's dream property, but the local school district is willing to sell it for the right ...
Money available for last-minute A.C. campaigning
Jun 01, 2007; ... ATLANTIC CITY - City Council candidates took in almost $25,000 while spending nearly $30,000 during most of May. And with less than a week to go before Tuesday's primary, candidates seeking office in the resort still had thousands of dollars on hand for any last-minute pushes. ...
Hammonton doctor sentenced to 41 months on tax charges
Jun 01, 2007; ... Anthony Lionetti, a Lyme disease specialist convicted in October of tax evasion, was sentenced Thursday to three years and five months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman Greg Reinert confirmed. Lionetti, the owner and president of Lyme Disease Treatment Center and Tick ...
Union vote at Bally's critical for both sides
Jun 01, 2007; ... This Saturday's union election at Bally's Atlantic City, the fifth in the city this year, will have symbolic and practical significance, with the "score" between the casinos and the United Auto Workers standing at 2-2. Dealers at Trump Plaza and Caesars Atlantic City voted for the union; those ...
County Clerk extends hours to apply for an absentee ballot
Jun 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports TOMS RIVER - The Ocean County Clerk will offer extended office hours today and Saturday for voters applying for an absentee ballot for Tuesday's primary election. The election office will be open from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m ....
Hospital waives $650.98 co-pay for test
Jun 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Dear Consumer Action:face=-Bold; face=+Bold; My doctor directed me to go to a hospital for a nuclear medicine exam of my heart, which I did. The test took a little more than an hour and the results were OK. I am 76 years old and in excellent health.face=-Bold; ...
Legislators to introduce measure to fight illegal immigration
Jun 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports Three 9th District lawmakers announced Thursday that they plan to introduce legislation that would bar companies operating in the state that hire illegal immigrants from receiving public contracts, grants, loans or tax incentives for a 10-year period. ...
Vets celebrate lottery game with vintage military parade
Jun 01, 2007; ... VINELAND - Every Monday or Tuesday, William Grossman and four other veterans leave the Vineland Veterans Memorial Home and head to Atlantic City for dinner, some slots and a change of scene. Grossman, half-blind, helps load the others' wheelchairs onto the bus. He foots the bill for each trip, ...
Surf lose reliever Wladyka to Royals' farm team
Jun 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports Four innings were all it took for Atlantic City Surf pitcher James Wladyka to get back into a major-league organization. The Can-Am League announced Thursday that the Kansas City Royals had purchased the contract ...
Hospital waives co-pay for test as insurer provided wrong info
Jun 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Dear Consumer Action:face=-Bold; face=+Bold; My doctor directed me to go to a hospital for a nuclear medicine exam of my heart, which I did. The test took a little more than an hour, and the results were OK. I am 76 years old and in excellent health.face=-Bold; ...
Pittsgrove Twp. man injured in Cape crash
Jun 01, 2007 ... From Press staff reports MIDDLE TOWNSHIP - A Pittsgrove man was severely injured after his motorcycle struck a car Thursday afternoon on Route 9 in Cape May Court House, township police said. Police said Karl Munson, 50, was heading south on Route 9 while a car driven by Helene ...
Blue Devils hold onHammonton wins third sectional title in four years
Jun 01, 2007; ... BERKELEY TOWNSHIP - The Hammonton High School softball team cruised through the first six innings of the South Jersey Group III championship Thursday at top-seeded Central Regional. The seventh inning was a different story. The Blue Devils, seeded third and No. 6 in The Press' ...
Local drivers results
Jun 01, 2007 ... Go-kart racer face=+Bold; Chris Birchface=-Bold; , a senior at Buena Regional High School, finished second Saturday in the Yamaha Heavy race in the Iron Man Series at Englishtown Motor ...
Affordable-housing options provoke fear, dissent in Upper Twp.
Jun 01, 2007; ... UPPER TOWNSHIP - The Planning Board's solution to the township's affordable-housing conundrum proved controversial during Thursday's meeting. Several residents painted a grim picture of beer-swilling, drug-addicted criminals filling the schools with their special-needs children. The ...
Local golf scores
Jun 01, 2007 ... Results face=+Bold; STONE HARBORface=-Bold; face=+Bold; Mike Tash face=-Bold; and face=+Bold; Glen Smeraglio face=-Bold; defeated face=+Bold; Spencer Foxworthface=-Bold; and face=+Bold; John McQuilkenface=-Bold; in a playoff to win low gross of the Memorial Invitational on ...
Top 10
Jun 01, 2007 ... 10 MOST ACTIVE: NYSE face=+Bold; NameSymbolLastWk's ChDiv52-wk hi52-wk loWk's % Ch1-yr % Rtnface=-Bold;AvayaAV16.00+2.3315.898.85+17.0+36.4 EMC CpEMC16.89+.4317.009.44+2.6+35.5 ...
Public speaks out against Oyster Creek nuclear plant at hearing
Jun 01, 2007; ... TOMS RIVER - Fear of terrorists and distrust of the federal government caused people to speak against the relicensing of the Oyster Creek nuclear generating station during a special public hearing held Thursday afternoon in Ocean County. By nightfall, at the second hearing, proponents ...
In Your Town
Jun 01, 2007 ... Atlantic City Feline spay and neuter event June 8-11 Alley Cat Allies and the Best Friends Veterinary Hospital will hold a Feline Frenzy spay-and-neuter event from Friday, June 8, to Monday, June 11. The object is to spay and neuter 60 feral cats living under the ...
Vineland police arrest boy in beating of cat
Jun 01, 2007; ... VINELAND - Officers arrested a 12-year-old boy Tuesday night after he beat a cat to the point of near-death with a fence pipe, police said.Authorities could arrest two more boys in the beating of the 41/2-month-old male tabby cat, which resulted in it being euthanized. The boy faces ...
Grieving mother finds site painful reminder
Jun 01, 2007; ... UPPER TOWNSHIP - Township employees will remove a roadside memorial next week at the urging of the family of two girls who died at the intersection. The rectangular memorial on Stagecoach and Old Tuckahoe roads was an impromptu tribute set up by friends and neighbors of Jacqueline and ...
Bridgeton man dies when he falls off roof
Jun 01, 2007; ... BRIDGETON - The father of two city police officers was killed Thursday afternoon when he accidentally fell about 40 feet from the roof of his workplace on Bank Street. Carl Speranza, 62, of Laurel Lane, in Deerfield Township, was pronounced dead at the scene by a medical examiner, Lt ....